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Jill McCluskey

  1. Director, School of Economic Sciences – Regents Professor
Email Addressmccluskey@wsu.edu
LocationHulbert 101C Academic Faculty Office
Phone509-335-2835

Biography

Research Interests

  • Applied industrial organization, retail markets, and reputation
  • Nutrition, access to healthy food, and food safety
  • Consumer preferences for food, including new technology, food labeling, organic/eco-labels, and sensory attributes
  • Environmental, natural resources, and energy economics

Education

  • PhD, 1998, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

Selected Current Honors, Affiliations, Editorial and Service Positions

  • President Elect (term 2024-27), At-Large Board member (2021-24), International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
  • Chair, 2023-present and Member, 2017-present, Board on Agricultural and Natural Resources (BANR), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
  • Alumna of the Year, 2022, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
  • Fellow, 2022, Agricultural and Resource Economic Review.
  • Fellow, 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
  • Editor, 2021-23. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
  • Fellow, 2019. Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2019
  • Fellow, 2018. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
  • President-Elect 2014-15, President 2015-16, Past President 2016-17, AAEA
  • Faculty Associate, Robert Mondavi Center for Wine Economics, University of California, Davis, 2009 – present.

Current Doctoral Advisees

  • PhD expected 2025:  Sita Khanal
  • PhD expected 2026: Koroles Awad,
  • PhD expected 2028: Asif Chowdhury
  • PhD expected 2029: Jillian Hyink

Current Grants

  • “The Economics of Ultra-Processed Food Addiction: Implications for Food Assistance, Food Markets, and Obesity Outcomes,” USDA, ERS, Cooperative Agreement, J. McCluskey, Principal Investigator (PI), 12/1/2023-12/31/2025, total $50,000.
  • “Impact of Food Retailers’ Presence and Composition on Nutrition and Health Outcomes in the United States with Machine Learning” USDA NIFA, S. Badruddoza, PI, J. McCluskey co-PI, 9/22-8/25, total $332,148.
  • “Nutrition Access and its Association with Health Outcomes,” USDA, ERS cooperative agreement, J. McCluskey, PI (10/21-9/25) total $30,000.

Books

  • DeGorter, H., J.J. McCluskey, J.F.M. Swinnen, D. Zilberman. Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy: Essays in Honor of Gordon C. Rausser. Springer, New York: Springer Publishing.
  • Huffman, W.E. and J.J. McCluskey, 2020. New Technology and Conflicting Information: Assessing Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for New Foods. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing.
  • McCluskey, J.J. and J.A. Winfree, eds., 2017. The Economics of Reputation. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Recent Selected Journal Articles

  • Okhunjanov, B.B., J.J. McCluskey, and R.C. Mittelhammer, 2025. “Underpricing and Perceived Scarcity,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106873
  • Amin, M.D., S. Badruddoza, J.J. McCluskey, and G. Astill, 2024. “Product Differentiation in the Fruit Industry: Lessons from Trademarked Apples,” Agribusiness (won best published article in Specialty Crop Economics, AAEA) https://doi.org/10.1002 /agr.21937
  • Amin, D., S. Badruddoza, and J.J. McCluskey, 2021. “Predicting access to healthful food retailers with machine learning,” Food Policy 99: article 101985.